开

See also: 開, 丹, 井, 升, 幵, and 并

开 U+5F00, 开 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F00 ← 廿 [U+5EFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 弁 → [U+5F01]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

开 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一廿 (MT), four-corner 1044₀, composition ⿱一廾)

Derived characters

• 咞 岍 汧 𤜵 妍 枅 研 鈃 (钘) 蚈 豜 趼 訮 刑 邢 形 雃 鳽 (𫛚) 茾 笄 烎 開 (𫔭)

See also

• 元 発 (graphically similar)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 353, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 514, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F00

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 干 + 干 (“trunk”). Two trunks are of the same height.

Also Simplified from 開 (elimination of 門).

As a component in composite characters, the part is not directly related to 開 and instead originally derives from 井 (such as in 刑, 型, etc.) or from 幵 (such as in 研, 形, etc.).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 幵 (“even, level”). (This character is a variant form of 幵).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 開 (“to open; to unlatch; to unfasten; to start; to turn on; to switch on; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 開).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 亓. (This character is a variant form of 亓).

Japanese

Kanji

开

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 開

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)、け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 开く)、ひらける (hirakeru, 开ける)、あける (akeru, 开ける)、あく (aku, 开く)
• Nanori: さく (saku)、はる (haru)、はるき (haruki)、ひら (hira)、ひらかす (hirakasu)、ひらき (hiraki)、ひらく (hiraku)

Kanji

Shinjitai	开
Kyūjitai	幵

开

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 幵)

1. even, level
2. to raise in both hands

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: たいらか (tairaka)

Vietnamese

Han character

开: Hán Nôm readings: khai

1. to declare, to state, to testify
2. (only in compounds) to open
3. (only in compounds) to dredge up

References

• Nom Foundation

Zhuang

Verb

开

1. Sawndip form of gai (“to sell”)